A Variety of Filming Location Pictures

Library in Hotel Andaluz (BCS 509, "Bad Choice Road").

Library in Hotel Andaluz (BCS 509, "Bad Choice Road").

Hotel Andaluz Lobby (BCS 510, "Something Unforgivable").

Wash Tub Laundry, which burned down on February 18, 2024.

Nail Salon in "Better Call Saul"; now closed.

Hinkle Family Fun Center - west building (BrBa 503, "Hazard Pay").

Car Rental Center bus in Albuquerque (BCS 612, "Waterworks").

Car Rental Center.

Occidental Building in Albuquerque (BrBa 105, "Gray Matter).

Building across the street from the Occidental Building (BrBa 105, "Gray Matter).

Albuquerque Plaza Building and the Sunrise Building.

Mural on outside of Loyola's Restaurant.

Roadrunner light at Loyola's.

Booths at Loyola's where so much happened in "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul."

Crazy crescents at Loyola's (BCS 101, "Uno").

Where Jimmy tried to get Kim interested in a law office (BCS 107, "Bingo").

Garduno's Restaurant (BrBa 511,  "Confessions").

Where 14-year-old Kim waited with her cello for her mom (BCS 506, "Wexler v. McGill").

The Grove Restaurant (BrBa 508, "Gliding Over All"; BrBa 515, "Granite State"; BrBa 516 "Felina").

The Grove Restaurant (BrBa 508, "Gliding Over All"; BrBa 515, "Granite State"; BrBa 516 "Felina").

Days Inn, where I was staying, across the street from The Grove.

Hotel Andaluz (formerly the Hilton Hotel).

First Plaza Galeria.

Southwestern interior side of First Plaza Galeria.

Looking out the window on the 3rd floor (400 level) - Mr. Farnsworth's Office, which, strangely enough, was in the elevator lobby rather than in a separate office ("The Man Who Fell To Earth").

Looking out the window on the 3rd floor (400 level) - Mr. Farnsworth's Office, which, strangely enough, was in the elevator lobby rather than in a separate office ("The Man Who Fell To Earth").

Hotel Andaluz (formerly the Hilton Hotel).

Looking out from the fifth level of the Copper Parking Garage (BrBa 413, "Face Off").

Artwork on the fifth level of the Copper Parking Garage (BrBa 413, "Face Off").

Hotel Andaluz Lobby (BCS 510, "Something Unforgivable"; "The Man Who Fell To Earth").

Wash Tub Laundry, which burned down on February 18, 2024.

Wash Tub Laundry, which burned down on February 18, 2024.

Saul's Lady Justice statuette, as seen at the "Breaking Bad Store" museum in Old Town.

My sister's "Breaking Bad" Descanso at the "Breaking Bad Store" museum in Old Town. 

Lobby of the Special Collections Library in Albuquerque, which was the Albuquerque Public Library when I was a kid - Davis and Main (BCS 201, "Switch").

Lobby of the Special Collections Library in Albuquerque, which was the Albuquerque Public Library when I was a kid - Davis and Main (BCS 201, "Switch").

Lavender Lace home ("Sunshine Cleaning," 2009).

"The Wave" (2019).

"The Wave" (2019).

"The Wave" (2019).

Modern Home for sale (BCS 502, "50% Off").

Desert Ridge Middle School ("Cents," 2014).

"War on Everyone," (2014).

"The Au Pair Nightmare"

Sandia MINI, Sandia BMW, "The Au Pair Nightmare"

Discussing Investment Opportunities with Viktor and Giselle at Vintage 423

Dinner with Xandra and Peter at Vintage 423.

Xandra's Eclipse (formerly Kim Wexler's Eclipse!)

Xandra, Peter, and myself.

Invigorating to Step Into the Rain!

Exiting the aircraft at Long Beach, CA.

Standing under the wing and enjoying the view.

Return From New Mexico - Overview

Flew to New Mexico via Long Beach on Tuesday, February 20th. I didn't really take that many filming location photos.  Instead, I visited family and various colleagues.

Arrived in Albuquerque. Budget rent-a-car ran out of econo subcompacts, so they saddled me with a gargantuan Dodge RAM 4x4 pickup that loomed over almost everything on the road.

 

Returned to Days Inn on Central Avenue across from the Grove Restaurant. Management has been trying to spruce up the place with things like new beds. The managing lady is from Las Vegas, NM, and strove to create a family atmosphere at the motel. 

 First night, I ate at the Noodle Bar in downtown Albuquerque on Central Ave. 

On Wednesday morning, I made an initial visit to the Albuquerque Public Library in downtown Albuquerque. Then I ate breakfast at Loyola's Restaurant on Central Ave. just east of Nob Hill. 

Went to the Marriott Hotel on Louisiana Blvd. for the 45th Annual Southwest popular/American Cultural Association (SWPACA) meeting. Very much enjoyed the first session, about Taylor Swift. The second session was about Motherhood, and I had trouble following it because I hadn't read the books (e.g., Toni Morrison's "Beloved").

The Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul session was very lightly attended. Still the reaction to my talk was very favorable. Including myself, there were three speakers in the session. In a way, there was a broad unity in our talks - all involved religion in one way or another. We talked about working on a book together, and maybe that will happen.

 

Afterwards, I visited a few filming locations, then stopped by the University of New Mexico for a nostalgic walk. Then I ate at that favorite university-area diner, the Frontier Restaurant, before returning to the motel for sleep. 

On Thursday, I ate breakfast at The Grove Restaurant. I returned to the Albuquerque Public Library in downtown Albuquerque to research the active Chevron gas stations in central New Mexico in 1976, to help me find the gas-station filming location in the 1976 movie with David Bowie, "The Man Who Fell To Earth." I'm looking at those filming locations partly to assist an academic named Kris Jones in N.C. when he visits Albuquerque later this year. I also visited the First National Bank Plaza (Mr. Farnsworth's Office filming location) and lurked outside the significant Sunshine Theater and its filming location. 

In the afternoon, I visited my sister Marra and toured her back yard. In the evening, I ate lunch with new friends, a theater couple - Xandra and Peter - at Vintage 423. 

On Friday, I returned to lurking outside the Sunshine Theater and established the procedure for visiting the Sunshine Theater. I ate lunch with my sisters at Tomasita's Restaurant. In the afternoon I visited the Special Collections Library at Edith and Central Ave. to hunt for more gas stations. I visited several filming locations in the afternoon, then ate dinner with my cousin, Anthony Valdez, at Cheddars Restaurant, just a few doors down from Tomasita's. 

In the evening, on the phone, I called my friends the Schindwolfs and talked with my cousin Cynthia Valdez. 

On Saturday morning, I went to my sister Marra's house to eat breakfast with my sisters and my brother-in-law. I briefly visited my friend Bruce Warren, then headed to the airport, stopping by Budget rent-a-car to return the gargantuan Dodge RAM 4x4.